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Summary: Boe Prox shows how to give the Windows PowerShell console a glass-like look. Honorary Scripting Guy, Boe Prox, here today filling in for my good friend, The Scripting Guy. Have you ever sat at your desk while working in the Windows PowerShell console and thought, “Wouldn’t it be great if this console had a more unique look? Per...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find how many scripts use the Write-Host cmdlet.  I am trying to improve how I write Windows PowerShell scripts, and I want to reduce the number of times I use            Write-Host. How can I find how many times I used this cmdlet in my scripts?  Use the ...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about changing the Get-Help cmdlet so it always displays examples. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. For the last several weeks, I have been working on a project at work. The documentation team talked to customers to see how they were using Windows PowerShell, and to see how and when the...

Summary: Learn how to change the color of Windows PowerShell errors.  How can I change the color of Windows PowerShell errors in the Windows PowerShell console?  Use $host.PrivateData and supply a new value for ErrorForegroundColor, for example: $Host.PrivateData.ErrorForegroundColor = 'white'

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to add local users to local groups. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Creating local user objects and local group objects is fine, but to be useful, I need to be able to add users to groups. When working with local accounts, I need to use the ADSI type accelerator to facilitate the way things...